Kombucha is directly linked to an ancient plant first cultivated in China: the Camellia sinensis bush, or tea plant. You can read about the origins of kombucha in this article.  When we talk about tea to use for brewing kombucha, we usually mean black tea, green tea, or one of the other types of tea that all come…

Most experts agree that cane sugar is the best choice for brewing kombucha, and that refined white cane sugar is the most reliable choice for beginning brewers. On the other hand, those same experts also agree that you can get fantastically delicious and nutritious kombucha tea by choosing other sweetening options. In this article, you’ll…

The microorganisms that make up a kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) are a bit like young children – they’ll go for anything sweet. In fact, they do best when all they have to eat is sugar! Other than the tea you use to make up to use as the liquid base for…

Isn’t it great, always having fresh kombucha on hand? The SCOBY in each of your brewing jars is happily working away, changing plain sweet black or green tea into nutrient-rich kombucha gold, and new SCOBYs are forming at the top of each new batch. Your SCOBY hotel is full of fat and healthy “mothers” that…

Kombucha first started gaining popularity in the United States back in the 1970s, and people would share their recipes and their SCOBYs freely in communities of home-brew enthusiasts and health-food proponents. Even when kombucha became a commercial product, the brew was pretty close to what you could make in your kitchen, though generally with a…

The most important component of a good kombucha home brewing system is the SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast). If you’re just beginning to brew at home, you need a healthy SCOBY so that you can make top-quality kombucha tea right from the start. Check out the links below for some of the best online resources…

Making your own home-brewed kombucha is fun, and it’s easy to to make kombucha on a budget with a minimum of basic equipment. However, there are a few pieces of equipment that will make the process even more fun, because they give you ways to experiment with new techniques. Digital Scale The kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria…

Which of these statements is true? A. Brewing kombucha doesn’t require a lot of expensive equipment.B. Most people already own at least half the equipment already.C. You can brew kombucha using any equipment you have on hand. Answer: (A) and (B) are true – you don’t have to buy fancy tools to make a batch of home-brewed kombucha in…

Here’s what kombucha tea is: a healthy drink that boosts your immune system, helps keep your digestive system in order, promotes the free circulation of blood and lymph, adds essential nutrients to your diet, and in general makes nearly everything in your body run more smoothly and evenly. Here’s what kombucha tea is not: a magic…

It might seem as if kombucha is the latest craze in the modern hipster lifestyle, but it has actually been a popular health drink and medicinal liquid for more than two thousand years. Kombucha in China (1600-200 BCE) Some of the earliest documented references to what is believed to be kombucha cite the powers of…